Time workshop

Task3

On your left, an image will appear, and on your right, there will be some sentences. Select the sentence you consider to be most suitable for the image, and click on the button “Check”. You will know if your option was the right one, depending on the colour you get: green if it’s correct, red if it’s wrong and black if you didn’t select any sentence. After you choose the proper one, click on “Next” and continue.

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RESULT		Merkhet: Egyptian portable sundial with shape of a “T”. The gnomon’s shadow on the lines indicates the time. Alarm clock: Water clock with the function of an alarm clock, attributed to Plato. The metal balls fall onto a metallic container and make noise. Ctesibios water clock: Water clock. A sign floating on water indicates the hour in a cylinder. Shepherd’s clock: Portable sundial with a vertical cylinder’s shape. Used by shepherds in the Pyrenees. Ctesibios water clock: Water clock. A sign floating on water indicates the hour in a cylinder.
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RESULT		Ctesibios water clock: Water clock. A sign floating on water indicates the hour in a cylinder. horologium Augusti: Monumental sundial of August. The gnomon is an Egyptian obelisk. Stonehenge circle Megalythic sundial found in England. Viatorium: Sundial with a dypthic shape. Used by travellers. Sand clock: Clock whose existence in Antiquity hasn’t been proven yet.
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